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Well, Bush Jr and Trump are very different types, both politically and psychologically.

After 9/11, Bush needed a state of emergency to push through authoritarian policies. Trump, on the other hand, creates this state of emergency himself politically, as he thrives on constant conflict.

Bush Jr, on the other hand, was a typical neo-conservative establishment politician, whereas Trump belongs to the category of populist authoritarians. He is more fixated on himself than Bush Jr, more impulsive, more easily offended and dependent on constant validation. Bush Jr came across as a rather limited power-seeking politician, but one who was dependent on his group and ideologically malleable.

#bush #georgewbush #nyc #trump #uspol #nineeleven #uspress #potus #usa

Why Is George W. Bush Skipping the GOP Convention? Inside the Massive Party Rift!

Full story 👇

Learn more: https://www.earthinsider.in/2026/09/george-w-bush-gop-convention-absence.html

#EarthInsider #EarthInsiderNews #EINews #US #America #USNews #USPolitics #GeorgeWBush #GOPConvention #RepublicanParty #BreakingNews #TopStory #NewsAlert

Why Is George W. Bush Skipping the GOP Convention? Inside the Massive Party Rift!

Full story 👇

Learn more: https://www.earthinsider.in/2026/09/george-w-bush-gop-convention-absence.html

#EarthInsider #EarthInsiderNews #EINews #US #America #USNews #USPolitics #GeorgeWBush #GOPConvention #RepublicanParty #BreakingNews #TopStory #NewsAlert

Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, Wh.)

Trailer für den ZDF-Jahresrückblick "Album 2001 – Bilder eines Jahres"

https://youtu.be/BDywBpWJheQ

#ZDF #album #album2001 #bildereinesjahres #jahresrückblick #rückblick #2001 #georgewbush #taliban #afghanistan #schalke #schalke04 #anthonyquinn #scharping #rudolfscharping #spd #911 #september11 #september11th #11september #wtc #worldtradecenter #newyork #newyorkcity #osamabinladen #throwback #retro #tv

Folter ist ein System. Und das wird hier mit kühler Präzision seziert. Scott Z. Burns rekonstruiert die jahrelange Recherche des US-Senatsmitarbeiters Daniel J. Jones zur systematischen Anwendung sogenannter „Enhanced Interrogation Techniques“ durch die CIA nach 9/11. Und was dabei sichtbar wird, ist weniger das Monster im Verhörraum als die institutionelle Architektur seiner Legitimation. Mit Adam Driver, Annette Bening und Jon Hamm. (ARD, Free-TV-Premiere)

https://www.fogolf.com/1127514/trump-nicklaus-aim-to-revamp-military-golf-course-near-dc/ Trump, Nicklaus aim to revamp military golf course near DC #AbrahamLincoln #BarackObama #BarbaraBush #BillClinton #DCWire #decor #DistrictOfColumbia #Donald #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpGolf #DonaldTrumpGolfing #florida #GeneralNews #GeorgeWBush #GeraldFord #JackNicklaus #JoeBiden #LocalNewsForApple #Maryland #MDStateWire #MichaelThomas #MichelleObama #Politics #RonaldReagan #sports #trump #TrumpGolf #TrumpGolfing #WashingtonNews #WestPalmBeach

Paul Schrader – „The Card Counter“ (2021)

Paul Schrader hat schon viele Filme über Männer gemacht, die so kaputt sind, dass sie glauben, Selbstdisziplin wäre ein Weg zur Auflösung ihrer miserablen Gegenwart. So auch hier. Dieser Film ist ein Schmerztagebuch, genau darüber. Graue Anzüge, Neonlicht und abgerissene Casinos sind keine Kulisse einer Verführung. Das ist kein Kino, das etwa populär sein will. Ganz im Gegenteil. (3sat, Free-TV-Premiere)

Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/paul-schrader-the-card-counter-2021/

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Look up above. See the picture?

What hit the #pentagon on 911?

It sure as hell wasn't an airplane.

The absence of PLANE bits, leads to a missile conclusion...which naturally leads to many questions, including about half a dozen verrrrrry uncomfortable #domesticterrorism #falseflag ones, right off the bat.

#cdnpoli #canada #fascism #antifa #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #georgewbush #cheney #terrorism #patriotact #antifascism

From 2014... How #USEvangelicals Fueled the Rise of #Russia’s ‘#ProFamily’ Right

An alliance is born between #AntiGay, #AntiAbortion American groups and the #RussianOrthodoxChurch

by Adam Federman, January 7, 2014

Long excerpt [pay attention to the names named!] :

"This rising #Russian social #conservative movement frequently invokes the argument that #ProGay and #WomensRights groups are puppets of the West, which is seeking to undermine Russian autonomy and interfere in the country’s internal affairs. At an annual meeting of journalists and academics presided over by Vladimir #Putin in Valdai in September, the Russian president said that European countries had strayed from their roots by legalizing #GayMarriage. He urged Russians to embrace the conservative values of the #OrthodoxChurch and other traditional religions and issued a warning to those who might want to challenge those values. 'Russia’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity are unconditional—these are red lines no one is allowed to cross,' he declared.

"Several #LGBT rights groups have been targeted under another new law, which requires any nongovernmental organization that receives funding from other countries for political activities to register as a '#ForeignAgent.' Failure to do so can lead to investigations, legal action or crippling fines. The implication is that these groups are not only agents of the West but also out of touch with everyday Russians.

"The irony is that it is the new conservative vanguard—anti-gay, anti-abortion and pro–'#TraditionalFamily'—that has most successfully cultivated the West’s financial and institutional support. Scott Lively, an extreme anti-gay campaigner, all but took credit for the new law, calling it 'one of the proudest achievements of my career,' while #BrianBrown, president of the #NationalOrganizationForMarriage, visited Moscow with much fanfare just before the new law was passed. But the language of Russia’s anti-gay and anti-abortion movement seems to borrow most heavily from mainstream evangelicals and conservative politicians in the United States and Europe. Referring to the anti-abortion bill passed in 2011, Lyubov Erofeeva, executive director of the Russian Association for Population and Development, a women’s advocacy group, said: 'It was 100 percent clear that everything was copied from the experience of American #fundamentalists and conservative circles of several European countries where #abortion is forbidden or restricted severely.'

"The church’s close ties with American evangelicals reflect a shift in policy. For much of the post-Soviet period, the Russian Orthodox Church held evangelical denominations at arm’s length, fearing that they would compete for influence within Russia. But as the church has consolidated its power, it has come to view the evangelical community as a partner. 'The #ROC realizes that the evangelical denominations are not their opponents but rather their allies in the relations between the church and the secular population,' says Olga Kazmina, a professor of ethnology at Moscow State University.

" 'It’s a re-envisioned paradigm,' says Father #LeonidKishkovsky, head of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of External Affairs. In many ways, it makes sense, he adds: both religious groups share an ideological commitment and have grown disillusioned with the way mainline churches have dealt with issues like gay marriage and abortion. 'But what I’m quite nervous about is the ideological core which actually motivates both sides,' Kishkovsky says. 'Where is the motivating force? Is it in faith? Or is it in political ideology?'

"The Russian Orthodox Church’s chief emissary to the US evangelical community is #HilarionAlfeyev, a high-ranking bishop and chairman of the powerful Department of External Church Relations (the position previously held by #PatriarchKirill). In February 2011, the 47-year-old Alfeyev traveled to Washington, where he met with prominent evangelical and 'pro-family' leaders; and then to Dallas, where he addressed thousands of members of the Highland Park Presbyterian Church and emphasized the importance of 'creat[ing] new alliances,' especially around issues of marriage, abortion and the family. Alfeyev also visited the #DallasTheologicalSeminary and had an hour-long meeting with #GeorgeWBush.

"The trip to Dallas grew out of an increasingly close friendship between church leaders and a small circle of American and European Christian businessmen in Moscow. Alfeyev’s visit was organized by #JerryFullinwider, an #OilExecutive and elder of the #HighlandParkChurch who, until recently, had business interests in Russia. Fullinwider, a member of the #KochBrothers’ circle of major donors—those who have given more than $1 million to #Koch-related causes—met Alfeyev through his friend Bob Foresman, head of #Barclays Capital in Russia. This select group of businessmen has unusual access to Alfeyev. In an interview for this article, Fullinwider described having dinner at Alfeyev’s private residence on a recent trip to Moscow. 'He’s a real busy guy,' says Fullinwider. 'He’s very, very hard to get in touch with unless you have a special number and you know the main guy who handles him, who’s a good friend of mine.'

"Alfeyev’s first trip to the United States paved the way for others, and in October 2012 he delivered a lecture at Villanova University, where he received an honorary degree and paid a visit to the Milwaukee-based #LyndeAndHarryBradleyFoundation. One of the largest donor organizations of its kind in the United States, the #BradleyFoundation, with more than $600 million in assets, is known for its contributions to US conservative groups like the #HeritageFoundation and the #HeartlandInstitute. But its charity isn’t limited to home: over the last four years, the foundation has given $750,000 to the St. Gregory the Theologian Charity Foundation in Moscow, a new educational and cultural initiative founded in 2009 by Alfeyev, Russian #billionaire and pharmaceutical magnate #VadimYakunin, and #LeonidSevastianov, a 35-year-old international business consultant and head of Stratinvest.ru, a consulting and public relations firm. In 2009, through Alfeyev’s charity, the Bradley Foundation donated $150,000 to support the 'Day of the Family,' a recently created Russian holiday honoring faith and fidelity. The annual event has been championed by #SvetlanaMedvedeva, wife of Prime Minister #DmitriMedvedev, a staunch #AntiAbortion advocate.

“We want to promote the idea of the unity between the West and Russia on the basis of common Christian roots,” Sevastianov told Inside the Vatican magazine in 2009. “We believe in this alliance among traditional Christian countries…and we believe that, with a united voice, we can be a strong force against the radical secular world which has become dominant in our societies.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-us-evangelicals-fueled-rise-russias-pro-family-right/

#TradFamily #TradWives #TrumpIsARussianAsset #AntiWoke #ChristoFacists #ChristoFascism #evangelicals #RabidRight #MAGADeathCult #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #Billionaires

There seem to be a number of people (mostly on the right) complaining about the Minnesota Vikings adding male cheerleaders… who’d like to be the one to tell them?
#MaleCheerleaders #MinnesotaVikings #Cheerleaders #RonaldReagan #GeorgeWBush #Politics
https://www.flocheer.com/articles/5067734-4-us-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-cheerleaders

#Trump Is Building a #GlobalGulag for #Immigrants Captured by #ICE

The U.S. is in talks with 19 nations, including #Libya, #Kosovo, #Rwanda, and #Moldova to accept deportees from other countries.

Nick Turse, Jonah Valdez
May 15 2025,

Excerpt: "In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the #GeorgeWBush administration created a worldwide network of secret prisons and torture sites as part of its global war on terror. Its crown jewel, the Guantánamo Bay detention center, was established in January 2002 as a place for the United States to hold so-called enemy combatants.

"The U.S. government chose the U.S. Naval Station Guantánamo Bay because it was seeking a site where neither U.S. nor international law applied — a legal black hole where they could disappear people indefinitely. Over time, Guantánamo became emblematic of gross human rights abuses. “Forever prisoners” of the war on terror are still being held there today. Others caught up in America’s counterterrorism dragnet were detained at torture prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq or kidnapped and 'rendered' to CIA black sites — secret prisons in at least eight countries around the world.

"As the Trump administration has expanded the Bush and #Obama-era terrorism paradigm to cast immigrants and refugees as terrorists and gang members, it has reconceptualized rendition and even pressed Guantánamo Bay into service as a way station for Venezuelan men expelled to El Salvador."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/15/trump-ice-immigrants-deport-prisons-cecot-libya/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/07iRS

#SilencingDissent #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule #USPol #WorldPol #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ResistICE #PoliceState

Presidential legacies aren’t fixed–they can always get worse

Joe Biden’s one term as president only ended four days ago, which may not be enough time to finish closing the financial books on his White House but is not too soon for news sites to run a flurry of think pieces that attempt to assess his legacy as the 46th occupant of that office.

The two words that come to mind for me are “tragic failure.” Biden did more with less in Congress than any other president I’ve seen since I started voting, and that part of his legacy is rising across the U.S. in the form of all of the public and private projects boosted by the funding and other incentives that he set into motion. But the man who sold his first campaign as “a battle for the soul of America” did not consign Donald Trump to political oblivion and instead saw voters return him to the White House, a worst-case outcome that seemed unimaginable four years ago.

Democratic Party strategists may never stop asking what might have happened if Biden had limited himself to a single term early enough to allow for an open competition for the next candidate.

(For a longer and well-reported version of this, see my friend Anthony Zurcher’s take for the BBC.)

Biden’s legacy could look brighter four years from now if programs like the Inflation Reduction Act survive Republican attempts to cancel them and if the other damage Trump does proves repairable. Or it could look even worse–and one thing 2024 reminded me of too well is that things can always get worse.

Either way, I’m prepared for my own assessment to change as it has for most of the presidents I’ve voted for or against.

George H.W. Bush is the leading example–33 years later, I don’t quite understand why my 21-year-old self was so eager to vote against him. Overseeing the peaceful end of the Cold War was a phenomenal achievement, and his personal decency stands out compared to much of his successor’s conduct. The country would have been under a second term for him.

On the other hand, in 1992 it was not obvious what a disaster Clarence Thomas would be on the Supreme Court–in terms of both brazen corruption and his frequent unwillingness to see abuse of government power as a risk.

As for Bill Clinton, his taking the U.S. from a budget deficit to a surplus seems even more remarkable after two-plus decades of other presidents failing to get close to that performance. But the phrase “Clintonian compromise” (see “don’t ask, don’t tell”) is not a compliment for good reasons, and his having an affair with an intern was a level of disgraceful personal conduct that would now be widely seen as grounds for resignation.

You have to wonder what might have happened if Clinton had done just that, allowing Al Gore to run as an incumbent in 2000.

Instead, we got George W. Bush. He seemed awful enough at the time just in terms of launching an unnecessary war with Iraq on false evidence and ignoring the growing financial-system fractures that led to the Great Recession, and Samuel Alito has since proven to be almost as bad of a Supreme Court pick as Thomas. But W.’s record also involves saving as many as 25 million lives around the world by distributing HIV/AIDS medication in impoverished countries.

And, well, we didn’t have Donald Trump as a yardstick then.

We did, however, get Barack Obama as one. No election in my life has made me happier than his landslide win in 2008, and no president in my life except maybe Reagan has been a finer speaker for the nation than Obama was over his two terms. And while Biden’s success at getting things through Congress underlines how Obama could have done more with the sizable majorities he had through 2010, abolishing the worst cruelties of the private health-insurance system with the Affordable Care Act remains a landmark accomplishment.

But as the leader of the Democratic Party, Obama was objectively disastrous, overseeing years of wipeouts in state elections that paved the way for gerrymandering abuses of power that continue today. And he has not gotten nearly enough criticism for his feckless reactions to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s brutality against his own people.

And then there is Trump. His first term was atrocious and his second seems to be off to an even worse start with such grandstanding exercises in vice signaling as an executive order claiming to rewrite the plain language of the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship and another EO that cites scientifically-illiterate language to deny the existence of transgender and non-binary people. Unfortunately, we have almost four more years to see how low Trump can go.

But that will only be the end of the beginning of assessing Trump’s legacy. And that may not be a quick process.

As former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee wrote in his autobiography A Good Life about how he had come to see his friend John F. Kennedy after decades of revelations about the 35th president’s rampant infidelity and other character defects: “[T]he truth about Kennedy, like all truths, emerges slowly, revealing itself more to the next generation than the last, more to the last researcher than the first.”

#BarackObama #BenBradlee #BillClinton #DonaldTrump #GeorgeHWBush #GeorgeWBush #History #JFK #JoeBiden #news #politics #presidentialLegacy #RonaldReagan